13 min
Cristina Escoda - String Theory PhD to Venture Capital & Angel Investing Physicists in the Wild
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Aggie Branczyk interviews Cristina Escoda, who did her PhD in string theory, and is now the co-founder & managing partner of an early-stage biotech venture capital firm, an angel investor, and a writer. Cristina’s remarkable career takes her from physics & philosophy, to film school, to an MBA, to working on the trading floor in New York, to a hedge fund, and a stint doing data science at a life sciences startup, before joining the world of VC. In this episode, she shares how she’s in...
Aggie Branczyk interviews Cristina Escoda, who did her PhD in string theory, and is now the co-founder & managing partner of an early-stage biotech venture capital firm, an angel investor, and a writer. Cristina’s remarkable career takes her from physics & philosophy, to film school, to an MBA, to working on the trading floor in New York, to a hedge fund, and a stint doing data science at a life sciences startup, before joining the world of VC. In this episode, she shares how she’s in...
13 min